by Max Barry

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Largest Gambling Industry: 2,345thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,406thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,553rd
The Rogue Nation of
Father Knows Best State Suspiciously Liberal Dictatorship
Let’s break bread together, in the Name of God
Influence
Powerbroker
Civil Rights
Some
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Rare

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Bread Experts

Population542 million

CapitalGarlic Knot City

CurrencyBaguette
AnimalThe Croissant

The Rogue Nation of Bread Experts is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, avowedly heterosexual populace, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 542 million Bread Expertsians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Garlic Knot City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Bread Expertsian economy, worth 79.0 trillion Baguettes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 145,792 Baguettes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 727,872 per year while the poor average 16,440, a ratio of 44.3 to 1.

One man's trash is another company's tax break, tourists ask to stay in the same pleasant accommodations where foreign prisoners are kept, resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands, and the government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Bread Experts's national animal is the The Croissant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Bread Experts is ranked 66,854th in the world and 1st in Nine Pigs in a Pen for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,310.27 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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Largest Gambling Industry: 2,345thLargest Soda Pop Sector: 2,406thTop
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Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 3,553rdHighest Disposable Incomes: 3,819thFattest Citizens: 4,115thMost Avoided: 4,627thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 5,629thLowest Overall Tax Burden: 5,724thMost Ignorant Citizens: 7,815thLargest Retail Industry: 8,000thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8,859thNudest: 9,775thLargest Mining Sector: 10,523rdLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 11,124thTop
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Most Corrupt Governments: 20,363rdMost Valuable International Artwork: 21,795thLargest Agricultural Sector: 26,117thMost Efficient Economies: 27,678thHighest Average Incomes: 27,965thMost Armed: 28,528thMost Scientifically Advanced: 29,651stLargest Manufacturing Sector: 32,500th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, the government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, resident physicians are said to have a silver scalpel in their hands.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, tourists ask to stay in the same pleasant accommodations where foreign prisoners are kept.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, one man's trash is another company's tax break.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, the navy is hoping to hear the enemy shout "you sank my battleship!".
  • : Bread Experts was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, the nation's spies are always on break time.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, only senior nuclear power plant employees may use the control rods to warm up their lunches.
  • : Following new legislation in Bread Experts, intelligence analysts spend most of their time looking at embarrassing photos on social media sites.

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